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The greatest saints used to avoid as far as they could the company of men, and chose to live in secret with God.

Thomas à Kempis

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Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German medieval Christian monk and author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian books on devotion.

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Alternative Names: Thomas von Kempen • Thomas Hammerlein • Thomas Hemerken • Thomas Hämerken • Malleolus • Thomas a Kempis • Thomas von Kempen à Kempis • Hämerkin • Hämmerlein • Thomas Haemerkken

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Happy is the man who hath the hour of his death always before his eyes, and daily prepareth himself to die.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.

The greatest saints used to avoid as far as they could the company of men, and chose to live in secret with God. - Thomas à Kempis

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